A Halloween themed stroll down memory lane

I made the mistake of looking at the calendar to see how many weeks between Halloween and Christmas.  Don't do it!  Seriously - don't do it!  Enjoy dressing your kiddos up and filling yourself them full of candy because, before you know it, we'll be running around like a bunch of crazies trying to get everything finished up before Christmas!

So, for now, let's just take a trip down memory lane (cue the waterworks!) and reminisce about the last ten years of Halloweens with these adorable kiddos! #biased

Back in the day, we would get together for a family Halloween/birthday party for one of our friend's son.  It was so much fun and everyone joined in!  Yes, I even convinced Mike to go as Diego and I went as Dora!  I was still nursing Holden and I must admit, seeing Dora nurse a octopus must have been quite funny!  :) #andprobablyinappropriate

 Oh my goodness!  They were so little!  These kiddos are big 10 year olds now 
(and I seriously want to recreate this picture!). 
These two cute super heros - they have been friends for so long!  

Mike and I went as Thing 1 and Thing 2 in 2005 while Holden wore Colby's hand-me-down frog costume.

In 2007, all Colby wanted to be was an Aggie football player.  I love a good theme so it was easy for Mike and I to go as referees.  As much as I love a theme, sometimes you just can't pull it off for the whole family.  I really wanted to dress Holden as a football, but I couldn't pass up the chance to dress her as this precious "mingo" as she liked to call them.  They were her favorite zoo animal at the time!

Colby was still wanting to be a football player in 2008 so he went as Brett Favre.  We had just returned from Disneyland and Holden was all about Tinkerbell.  It did make our costumes easy to decide!  I was Wendy and Mike was Captain Hook.

I was out-of-town for the 2009 Halloween party but I cracked up when Mike sent me this picture.  Holden was suppose to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid!  When Mike tried to dress her she flipped because the costume was "too itchy!" (how many moms have been there?!) so he looked in her closet and found this chicken costume my mom had scored on clearance.  So, here's Frankenstein and a chicken!   

Halloween 2010 - have I mentioned we love a theme?!  :)  Sweet, baby Hope was just two months old - aaahhhh!!!

For 2011, Holden wanted to be a witch and Colby wanted to be a werewolf.  Sadly, the older they get, the less cute their costumes get. :(  I had saved Holden's octopus costume and I couldn't wait for Hope to wear it.

Hope wasn't quite as impressed!  This is possibly my most favorite Halloween costume picture.ever!

Halloween 2012 - the soccer player and a couple of cute Dalmatians!  I made the girls' costumes using a white t-shirt, black fabric paint, and lots and lots of tulle!  My favorite part?  They used dog bowls instead of bags for their candy!  

2013 - it was an understatement to say that Hope was into Doc McStuffins!  So, she went as Lambie and I went as Doc!  Holden was a "cheetah cat" and Colby was some weird morph thing wearing a rainbow afro.  The rule in our house is you have to dress up to
trick-or-treat - I think he might be reaching the maximum age!  ;)

And this was last year...here's what I notice as I look back over these pictures.  Obviously, these kids have worn me down. #completelykidding #kindof We went from trying to pull off a theme to a morph suit, super girl with leggings that might have been too small, and an Aggie cheerleader (keep in mind, we don't even have cheerleaders!).  But, they were all super excited and we got to spend a fun night as a family. #winning

Normally I would be so excited that Halloween was on a weekend and not a school night but the Aggies have a home game this year.  Oh how I was crossing my fingers for a night game!  Why?  Cause tailgate trick-or-treating sounded WAY fun!!!  But, nope - we found out yesterday that the game is at 11:00 am.  Bummer!  Hope is the only one with a costume and I'm pretty sure you'll see her dressed up just like every other 4-6 year old girl this year! #descendants

I'm linking up with Andrea at Momfessionals for her Show and Tell Tuesday.  Stop by and see all the other fun trips down memory lane!!!

Super excited to be apart of this Halloween blog hop - be sure and check out 

Your Merry Mailbox next!

Have a fabulous week!  Gig 'em and God bless! 

Holly

and don't forget about the Waiting on...Wednesday link-up tomorrow - a place where you can link up what you are waiting on, going through, making, anything - as long as it's family-friendly!  :)  

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